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Greg joins us to discuss Larry Summers as Barack Obama’s leading choice for Chairman of the US Federal Reserve. What's Summers' background? What are his critics giving as reasons he shouldn't be appointed? Why is Obama zeroing in on him?

Task is a the Editor-In-Chief of Yahoo! Finance and host of "The Daily Ticker" “Why the Feds Are Going After Insider Trading, Not Wall Street CEOs.” Insider-trading cases are somewhat more cut and dry, often involve salacious details, and offered regulators an opportunity to show the public they were cracking down on financial crimes.”

Delaware Governor Jack Markell (D) joins America's Radio News to talk about the federal deficit and sequestration cuts looming in the nation's capitol. Gov. Markell discusses the serious impact the sequester will have on his constituents and his meeting with the President after the conclusion of the Winter meeting of the National Governors Association which took place this weekend in Washington, D.C.

Steven C. Kyle is an expert in macroeconomics and government policy, and a professor of management at Cornell’s Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. Professor Kyle joins us to discuss today’s surprisingly strong jobs numbers, in which unemployment dropped to 7.7% and 146,000 jobs were gained.

Former IRS official Michael Grace talks with America's Radio News about the upcoming Obamacare tax hikes, some of which take effect Jan. 1st, 2013. Michael has 30 years’ experience specializing in taxation in law firms, accounting firms, and the Federal government. During the 1980s, Michael served at the IRS National Office in Washington, DC.

Ron Klink is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and he joins us to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a free trade agreement, is currently being negotiated between the United States, Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam.

Alan Simpson is a former Republican senator from Wyoming and the former co-chair of President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. Alan Simpson talks with America's Radio News about balancing the budget and about Paul Ryan's budget.

Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) joined us to talk about the capability of U.S. energy independence. Senator Inhofe says the U.S. Geological Survey has confirmed the United States has the largest reserves of recoveral oil, gas and coal reserves in the world. He also contends that industry experts say that domestic oil can reach U.S. gas pumps in seventy days rather than the 10 years opponents claim.

John Hofmeister spent 25 years in the oil industry, and was the president of Shell Oil from 2005-2008. He is now the chairman of the board of the National Urban League and founder of the nonprofit Citizens for Affordable Energy. Mr. Hofmeister talks with America's Radio News about his plan to get America energy indipendent and lower gas and oil prices at the same time.

Congressman Alan Nunnelee (R-MS) called in to America's Radio News to discuss the administration's stance on rising gas prices, highlighted in the exchange he had with Obama's Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who said the Administrations overall goal is not to lower gas prices but to lower America's use of oil.

Former NASA Astronaut, scientist and pilot, Dr. Tom Jones called in to America's Radio News to discuss how NASA budget woes have delayed future space plans. He also talked about the new private venture being planned to replace the Space Shuttle Program.

Jordan Goodman is a personal finance expert and “America’s Money Answers Man.” Jordan joins us to discuss the latest trends of the economy and Standard and Poor’s warning nations in the Euro Zone that they could see their credit ratings downgraded, and how this has stymied good numbers on the stock market today.